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adjective
1.
untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
2.
characteristic of a sloven; slipshod: slovenly work.
adverb
3.
in an untidy, careless, or slipshod manner.
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Slovenliness
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slovenly
1510s, "low, base, lewd," later "untidy, dirty" (1560s), from sloven "immoral woman" (mid-15c.), later also "rascal, knave" (regardless of gender); probably from M.Flem. sloovin "a scold," related to sloef "untidy, shabby," from P.Gmc. *slup- + O.Fr. suffix -ain, from L. -anus.
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